Elon Musk’s Starlink wants to beam fast internet across South Africa, but the satellite internet giant is hitting turbulence. Despite growing local demand and…
Meet SenseVirtual: the dedicated VR startup shaping frontiers in Africa
On the back of the popular gaming show, E3, in Los Angeles last month, Virtual Reality (VR) is a really hot topic right now….
Konga’s bold attempt to revolutionise online payments in Nigeria
Nigeria boasts over 80 million mobile internet users doing all kinds of stuff online. Yet, as big as the Nigerian tech landscape is, getting…
Ventureburn survey sheds light on SA’s tough, but pioneering startup industry
Stuart Thomas, Matthew Buckland and Graham van der Made contributed to this article. Startup life isn’t as glamorous as it’s sometimes made out to…
From lab to launch: the quest to build startup success in SA’s innovation capital
Venture capitalist and founder of popular US seed fund Y Combinator Paul Graham once wrote that the recipe for startup “clusters” is having a…